Reprise of the Spirits

A Digimon Frontier Fanfic by CustomMagnum.

CustomMagnum does not own Digimon, and is not making any money off of this story.

This chapter contains a slightly gory scene, and the fic is rated 'T'. Any crappy formatting is the result of being forced to use a Mac computer that Fanfiction . net doesn't agree with.

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Twelve-year-old Kimura Kouichi awoke in a deep sweat, his pajamas clinging to his body as he sat up.

"That dream again," The young black-haired boy muttered wearily, placing his hand on top of his forehead as he did so. Kouichi had a hard time remembering what the dream was actually about, but there were three things that immediately shot up into his mind.

The first was the pale blue eyes of a person with a gleam in them. It was an unnerving gleam, the kind that a terrorist had when he or she planned, or executed an attack. The second was this mysterious person's short blond hair. And the third was the intense glowing light radiating off of the outline of a young child's body.

The light filled Kouichi with dread for some reason, but whatever the reason was, the Warrior of Darkness couldn't place it. Kouichi had been having that dream for the last few weeks, and he had no idea what it meant.

The boy turned his head to look at his alarm clock, seeing that it was only 3:00. The boy groaned as he threw himself back onto his pillow.

"But what does it mean?" the child asked out loud, already knowing that he wouldn't be able to get back to sleep.

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"Is everyone here?" Kanbara Takuya asked as he looked around the small area of the park that he and the rest of the former "Chosen Children" had pretty much claimed as their own niche. The brown-haired child hadn't changed much in appearance or clothing, as he still wore his red jacket, along with his beige hat and square-shaped goggles, although he now wore a t-shirt with a fire motif and blue jeans as opposed to green cargo pants. The boy was also slightly more muscular than he was a year ago during the trip into the

Digital World, but it wasn't much to notice. Finally there was a silver-chained necklace around his neck, similar to a soldier's dog tags, with the symbol for the Spirits of Fire on it. The Warrior of Fire was standing out in the sunlight, appreciating the spring weather.

"Tomoki and Kouichi aren't here yet," Minamoto Kouji answered. Kouji still wore his blue jacket and grayish-black pants, although he replaced his yellow shirt with a blue of a darker shade than his jacket. He even still wore the same bandana that he had worn in the Digital World. "I can understand Tomoki having a harder time getting here, but Kouichi is almost never late." He was looking at Takuya from his place leaning against a tree. He too had a silver necklace around his neck, only this one had the symbol of the Spirits of Light on it.

"Do you think Kouichi is sick?" Orimoto Izumi asked from the other side of the tree, where she was sitting Indian style in the grass, content to sit still in the shade. She had probably changed the most out of the Chosen Children, as her outfit was completely different. Instead of her purple jacket, skirt, and blue and white striped shirt, she was wearing a dark blue jacket over a sky blue shirt, along with blue jeans. Also a silver necklace was around her neck, complete with the symbol for the Spirits of Wind. Her muscles were also seriously toned when compared to how she looked a year previous. Her long shoulder-length hair was pulled back and styled in a ponytail.

"Would you please define 'sick'?" Shibayama Junpei asked from his position, sitting on a park bench near the group. He still wore a blue jumpsuit with the yellow-trimmed pockets and edges. A necklace with the symbol of Thunder was around his neck. His face looked a little skinnier that it was during the trip into the Digital World. "Kouichi wouldn't let anything short of being completely bedridden keep him from being out here."

"That's true," Izumi said. "I doubt that we could keep him away from us even if he had both of his legs broken." The blond-haired girl paused, taking a moment to pull a loose strand of blond hair out of her face. "Even though we've been friends for a year, I still don't understand Kouichi as well as I'd like to."

"Why?" Takuya asked. "Have some romantic interest in him or something?" The brown-haired boy crossed his arms over his chest.

Izumi frowned. 'If I wasn't so comfortable sitting down here I'd hit him,' She thought. "It isn't that, it's just that I have a feeling that something might happen to him."

Kouji snorted. "I thought worrying about my brother was my job."

"Actually, I think your job is to know when something happens to him the instant that it does." Izumi countered, a playful grin on her face, even thought Kouji couldn't actually see it.

There was silence for a few seconds.

"So... does anyone think that we should call him?" Junpei asked honestly.

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As it was, both Kouichi and the youngest member of the Chosen Children, Himi Tomoki, were walking together, headed towards the park. Kouichi was dressed in a green t-shirt and blue jeans, while Tomoki was dressed in his same outfit that he wore during the Digital World, right down to the hat. Both of them had necklaces with the symbols of their spirits around their necks.

"Thanks for walking to the park with me, Kouichi," Tomoki said as the two of them passed by a bookstore.

"No problem," Kouichi answered with a smile on his face. "We're friends. I would have walked with you even if we weren't heading towards the same place."

"I know that," Tomoki said honestly. He paused for a second. "I'm surprised that you aren't there already though."

Kouichi stopped walking, confusion showing itself on his face. "Really?" the Warrior of Darkness asked in a confused tone.

"Yeah. You're usually the first one to these meeting that we have," Tomoki answered. "Are you feeling alright?"

"I'm fine," Kouichi answered, looking up in front of him.

His blood froze as his eyes fell upon a twelve-year-old boy with short blond hair. The boy was talking to a brown-haired girl that appeared to be the same age as him. Her hair was neck-length only at the sides and covered her ears.

"Are you sure you're okay, Kouichi?" Tomoki asked, noticing that the older of the Chosen Children had seemed to blank out for a moment.

Kouichi blinked as he looked down at the nine-year-old boy. "Yeah. I'm fine." And with that, the two Chosen walked off, heading towards the park again. 'I'm sure I've seen that boy before, but where?' he thought.

Unknown to Kouichi, both the boy and the girl had their eyes looking at his retreating back.

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"What took you so long, Kouichi?" Takuya asked, noticing that both he and Tomoki were headed towards the rest of the group.

"What? Not worried about me?" Tomoki asked, a look of hurt on his face.

"You're almost always late," Kouji commented from his position against the tree.

Tomoki glared at him. "It's not my fault my parents are still overprotective!" Tomoki shouted.

Junpei turned towards the nine-year-old boy. "Yes it is."

"Gah!" Tomoki shouted, looking away from the others. "Why are you guys picking on me?" he asked in mock sadness.

And then, three seconds later, all six children burst out laughing.

"Seriously though," Kouji said after he stopped laughing. "Are you sure you're okay?" The younger of the twins asked. "You don't really look so good."

"I had a hard time getting to sleep last night, it's nothing to worry about," Kouichi quickly assured his friends.

"Are you sure?" Izumi asked, getting up from the ground. "We could always reschedule this for another time."

"I'll be fine," Kouichi said, his voice sounding sincere as he said this.

"Then let's get going," Junpei said as he got off of the park bench that he was sitting on. "The mall awaits!"

"...Isn't that supposed to be my line?" Izumi asked playfully.

"Does it really matter?" Takuya asked as the group started walking. "Let's go already!"

And then the goggle-wearing boy took off running.

"Get back here, Takuya!" Izumi shouted as she and Junpei took off after him.

Tomoki groaned. "Here we go again." And he ran after the rest of his friends as well.

Kouji turned towards Kouichi. "Are you sure you're okay?"

"Of course, Kouji," Kouichi said nervously. "Why wouldn't I be?" And with that, the Warrior of Darkness took off after his friends.

Kouji soon followed him, suspecting something, but deciding not to press it for the time being. 'After all, Kouichi will tell me when he's ready.'

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"There was something about that boy," The voice of a young boy said.

"Which one?" A girl's voice asked in reply.

"The black-haired boy," The boy answered. "He was definitely a Disciple of Darkness."

"Do you think you can get rid of him?" The girl asked, her voice betraying worry.

"Of course I can," The boy responded in an arrogant tone. "Darkness is no match for me, my lady."

"Then take care of him," The girl ordered.

"Yes, my lady." The boy's voice had a hint of softness in it, before it got hardened. "SPIRIT EVOLUTION!"

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"Hey mom!" Kanbara Shinya exclaimed as he entered the Kanbara apartment. "Do you know where Oniichan is?"

"I think that he was going out to the mall with his friends!" Kanbara Yuriko exclaimed from the kitchen area.

"He went to the mall?" Shinya asked out loud, as if the concept was foreign to him. "Do you think that he has a date with Izumi?" The nine-year-old child walked over into the kitchen seeing the back of his mother's head, her hair pulled back as she was loading a chicken into the oven.

"I doubt it. He said that he and all of his friends were going," Yuriko answered.

"Maybe they went to buy me birthday presents," The young boy suggested. "My birthday is coming up soon, you know."

"That might be true. I didn't ask what he was planning on buying," The woman replied to her son's statement as she turned around to face him. "Why don't you go play a video game or something while we wait for him to get back? You can nag him then." Yuriko had a smile on her face.

Shinya frowned. "I don't nag!" And with that, the young boy left the kitchen area.

Yuriko sighed, as if deep in thought. 'It's been a year since Takuya's met his friends, and I still don't know how they met,' the woman thought to herself. 'I don't even understand how their friendship actually works. I get the feeling that I might understand it soon.' The woman frowned.

'So why do I feel this sense of dread?'

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The six children were currently in the food court in the mall. A few shopping bags were around the table that they were seated at.

"What did you get Shinya-kun for his birthday?" Izumi asked Takuya as he was chewing on a slice of pepperoni pizza.

Takuya, to his credit, swallowed his food before replying. "I got him the new Rockman movie," He answered. "I would have gotten him that game that he wanted, but Mom told me that he was already getting it."

"What game was that anyway?" Tomoki asked.

"I think it was Tales of Symphonia," Takuya answered.

Tomoki blinked. "Shinya likes RPGs?" he asked, shaking his head. "You learn something new about your friends everyday."

Takuya turned his attention to Kouji. "What did you get my brother?"

"I got him a shinnai," Kouji answered nonchalantly.

Junpei grinned. "Looking for fresh blood for you to beat on in Kendo practice?" the oldest of the chosen verbally jabbed.

Takuya groaned. "Don't remind him." Everyone laughed at that, remembering how the Kendo practice usually went, especially between Takuya and Kouji. "Just don't hurt my brother too bad."

"That would be your job, wouldn't it?" Kouji asked.

"Yes. Yes it is," Takuya answered, before pausing for a second. "Hey!"

Junpei laughed. "I feel really cheap now. All I got Shinya was a Transformers action figure."

"I'd expect him wanting that more than Tales of Symphonia," Tomoki commented.

"I was actually thinking of giving him his own TV," Izumi mentioned.

Takuya stared at him. "You know... I'm really starting to hate your large amounts of money. You always have more yen that Kouji does, and his dad's a damn lawyer!"

"I help my parents cook in our restaurant," Izumi answered. "For doing that my parents pay me."

"Still, your have so much money." Takuya groaned.

Izumi glared. "Don't I usually spend most of it with you guys anyway?"

Takuya shut up, deciding to avoid annoying the girl.

Kouji turned his head to his brother, noticing that the older of the twins was quieter than usual. "Are you sure that you're okay?" Kouji asked.

"Sorry, I was just thinking about something," Kouichi answered.

Kouji frowned slightly. "That still doesn't answer my question." The younger of the brothers said in an annoyed tone. "What were you thinking about?" Kouji asked.

"I've just been having weird dreams lately," Kouichi answered. "But the thing is, I can hardly remember them, just a pair of piercing blue eyes and golden light."

The rest of the group got silent at this point.

"Oh my god! It's an angel!" Someone exclaimed from the other end of the food court. The six heads of the chosen children turned at this exclamation.

"An angel?" Kouichi muttered in confusion.

"No. It isn't an Angel," Izumi said, her voice displaying a large amount of shock. The other chosen soon saw the reason for this.

In the doorway of the mall was someone that they thought they would never see again. The figure was humanoid, and larger than most humans usually were. The figure wore a large white spandex suit that covered his entire body, and had bulging muscles and three pairs of white wings coming out of his back. A blue cloth-like garment covered the area under his torso, and a shining gold staff was in the figure's hand. His eyes were hidden behind a gray steel helmet.

"Is that an... Angemon?" Junpei asked in disbelief.

"How is this possible?" Kouji asked as the six chosen jumped out of their seats, their food and gifts forgotten.

"Digimon shouldn't be here," Tomoki said, stating the obvious.

Izumi and Kouji pulled out their cell phones, half expecting them to have transformed back into their digivices.

They were both disappointed when the familiar forms of their cell phones were visible.

"Should we at least try to figure out what's going on?" Takuya asked the group. "Angemon are generally good digimon, so he shouldn't attack us." The goggle-wearing child started walking towards the angel, but was stopped with a hand on his shoulder from Kouji.

"Remember Lucemon and Cherubimon?" Kouji asked rhetorically. "They weren't good, and they were angel digimon." That caused Takuya's eyes to widen.

"But if that Angemon is here to cause trouble, what can we do?" Tomoki asked. "We can't Spirit Evolve."

"Then we better pray that something can be done about this," Izumi muttered.

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"Oh mighty angel!" One of the men said as he approached Angemon. He was balding slightly, as he was much older than most of the people who usually frequented malls. He also happened to be a devoted Christian, despite his Japanese ancestry. He bowed in respect to the angel. "How may I serve you?"

Angemon turned his head towards the man. "Where is the Child of Darkness?" The Angel digimon asked, his voice containing a sense of youngness and endless time.

"'Child of Darkness'?" The man repeated in confusion. "I'm afraid that I do not know who you are talking about."

"Then you are useless to me." The angel digimon said calmly, before plunging his staff deep into the man's skull at an impossible speed.

The chosen's eyes widened as people started screaming at what they saw, as Angemon pulled his bloody staff out of the man's head, which disintegrated in golden fire. The man's headless body fell to the ground, blood pooling out around the neck area.

"That's horrible," Izumi stated, without stumbling over her words.

The other chosen had no choice but to agree with her. They knew that things like that could easily happen in the Digital World, but to see it happen on Earth? It was a thought that none of the chosen were comfortable with, although it was one that they could stay relatively calm when actually faced with it.

'Child of Darkness?' Kouichi thought suddenly with grim realization. 'Is he after me?'

"Where are you, Kimura Kouichi?" The Angel shouted, answering Kouichi's question before turning towards him.

"Run!" Takuya shouted as Angemon started flying up into the air towards the group of chosen children. Other people were running away at that point scrambling to get away from the 'Angel of Death.'

Kouichi quickly turned around and ran.

The Angemon pulled his fist back. Golden light gathered around it. "Heaven's Knuckle!" Angemon yelled, thrusting his arm forward, causing a bright beam of speeding golden death towards Kouichi.

The Warrior of Darkness stopped running at this point and looked on in shock at the speeding beam of death. Suddenly, something knocked him out of the way of the beam, causing the black-haired child to fall to the ground.

Kouichi turned towards the person who pushed him to see his brother get hit by the blast of golden energy, which propelled him a couple of meters, before Kouji hit the ground, an audible 'crack' being heard as he collided with the ground. Kouichi heard his brother scream in pain.

"Kouji!" Izumi and Tomoki shouted, as Kouichi looked on at his brother's body in shock as Takuya ran over to the fallen Warrior of Light.

Takuya crouched down next to Kouji in an attempt to move him out to safety. The brunette's eyes widened as he noticed that the black-haired boy's injuries only corresponded to the fall from the air, and not from the blast of light itself.

"Are you alright?" Takuya asked.

Kouji grimaced. "I'll be fine," Kouji managed to say, before he coughed up blood. "Think I broke a rib though."

Kouichi was now shaking in anger as the large angel headed towards him. This Digimon had killed an innocent man because he had no use, and had tried to kill his brother. The angel pulled his fist back in mid air, the golden energy already forming around his hand again.

"Heaven's Knuckle!" Angemon shouted, thrusting his arm forward at the black-haired boy, the golden energy shot out from the angel's hand as an effect of the thrust.

"Look out, Kouichi!" Izumi shouted as the beam headed closer to her friend.

Kouichi's eyes seemed to actually glow black for a second, before Kouichi jumped out of the way of the blast in a display of super human speed. The beam ended up crashing into one of the food vender areas, blowing a chunk out of a stove in the process.

Angemon snarled at Kouichi as he pulled his fist back again, golden energy gathering around it again. 'I will not miss this time!' the angel thought. "Heaven's Knuckle!" Angemon thrust his arm forward and firing off his beam of energy once again. This time Kouichi didn't make any attempt to move out of the way of the blast.

"Kouichi!" Tomoki shouted. "Move out of the way!"

The golden beam of energy seemed to clash against a black barrier that formed around Kouichi's body, the golden light being deflected, striking the floor and ceiling in many different places.

"You will not get away with this," Kouichi said in a calm, detached voice, as the symbol of darkness on his necklace began to glow black.

"I will not allow it," Kouichi took a step forward towards Angemon.

'Has Kouichi gone crazy?' Junpei thought. "You're going to get yourself killed!" Blue ribbons of barcode started forming around Kouichi's body, as the boy glared at Angemon.

"Prepare to die," Kouichi said in the same calm voice.

Takuya was shocked at this. "How can he be so calm in this situation?" 'And why is digicode swirling around Kouichi's body?'

The entire necklace around Kouichi's body glowed in its black energy once again, the boy spreading out his arms and legs as he did so. "SPIRIT EVOLUTION!"

The other five chosen had shocked looks on their faces as armor started appearing over Kouichi's body as it started to expand, before the area around him exploded in a flash of black light.

When the light cleared, the other chosen were shocked. "It... can't be." Izumi remarked slowly in fear.

For in Kouichi's place stood a tall knight-like figure with black armor and shoulder-length blond hair coming out from under his helmet. The armor itself seemed to be decorated as if it were made out of bones, and eyes with crimson pupils were present over the chest plate, shoulder guards, and knee guards. Two gauntlets, which looked like the heads of dragons, were on the figure's hands.

This was Duskmon, an enemy that the chosen thought that they had left behind.

To be continued...

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Author's Notes:

This story is mainly being written just to help me get back on track with my other story, which I'm having a hard time writing. As such, don't expect updates to come as often as Eternal Conflict's did when I first started writing it. However, I won't leave this story hanging either, as I do have plans for it. There are a number of references in this chapter. Some of them are from my POV fics, like Takuya taking martial arts lessons.

The reference of the necklaces with the elemental symbols is a dual reference. First, it's a reference to Digimon Adventure 01 with the Chosen Children's crest, and it's also a slight reference to Kale's Soulbound fanfics. Kouichi's necklace glowing despite being a man made object is another reference from that fanfic saga, although it is not given to him by god and the angels.

Expect more references from my POV fics to show up in later chapters, as well as references to the other seasons.

And before anyone asks, I do have a reason for having Kouichi Evolve into Duskmon instead of Lowemon.

Expect nothing but an extremely long battle between Duskmon and Angemon next chapter.

EDIT 10/11: Well, I went over this chapter and made some corrections that were needed. Nothing much here was changed really.